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Potential vulnerability implications of coastal inundation due to sea level rise for the coastal zone of Semarang city, Indonesia

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Sea level rise (SLR) as a result of global warming has an impact on the increasing inundation on the coastal area. Nowadays, Semarang coastal area in Indonesia is already subject to coastal hazard due to tidal inundation and land subsidence. The impact of the inundation is predicted to be even more severe with the scenario of sea level rise. This paper concentrates on the risk assessment to the population, land use, and monetary losses as a result of coastal inundation under enhanced sea level rise. This paper uses the scenario of the depth of inundation to generate coastal inundation model using GIS-Technology. Anticipatory issues including methodology development for hazard assessment would be necessary for Semarang coastal area, and therefore, geo-information technology can be considered as a useful tool to rapidly assess the impact of the coastal hazard and evaluate the economic losses.

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Acknowledgments

This article is developed from research in progress by M.A. Marfai on Risk assessment of tidal inundation in Semarang City, conducted at the Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Germany, supported by The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). The authors express their gratitude to the reviewers for their helpful advice.

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  1. Institute of Geography, Justus-Liebig-University, 35390, Giessen, Germany

    Muh Aris Marfai & Lorenz King

  2. Geography Faculty, Gadjah Mada University, 55281, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

    Muh Aris Marfai

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Marfai, M.A., King, L. Potential vulnerability implications of coastal inundation due to sea level rise for the coastal zone of Semarang city, Indonesia. Environ Geol 54, 1235–1245 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00254-007-0906-4

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